> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 73](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212115) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10257-1) LSID 10257-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q548928) QID Q548928 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sturt, Charles (1795-1869), British soldier, administrator, explorer and plant collector; in the British army 1813-1833 (from 1825-1833 in Australia); explored Southern Australia 1828-1831; on sick leave in England 1832-1834; settled in New South Wales 1834; surveyor general to South Australia; explored central Australia 1844-1846; colonial treasurer of South Australia 1846; colonial secretary id. 1849-1851; in retirement on his farm near Adelaide from 1851; died in England. **Abbreviated name**: *Sturt* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sturt*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]], incl. letters; papers, journals, maps and letters in Mitchell Library and National Library of Australia; further material at [[Collection BM|BM]] (R. Brown's herb.) and [[Collection CGE|CGE]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 343; BB p. 293; Bossert p. 387; CSP 5: 880, 8: 1043; Desmond p. 592 (b. 28 Apr 1795, d. 16 Jun 1869); DNB 55: 136-138 (19: 136-138); HR; IH 2: (files); Lasègue p. 499; Rehder 1: 501; TL-2/837; Tucker 3: 298. #### Biofile - Anon., A fine field for botanizing (Cat. Exhib. 13th Int. bot. Congr.) 33. 1981; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1869-70: cx-cxii (obit.). - Beale, E., Sturt, the chipped idol, Sydney 1979, 270 p. (biogr. biofile). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 229.286, 274.4, 334.12, 350-19. 1980. - Carr, D.J. and S.G.M., eds., People and plants in Australia 31, 200. 1981. - Cramp, K.R., R. Austral. hist. Soc. J. Proc. 15(2): 49-92. 1929 (S.'s explorations). - Cumpston, J.H.L., Charles Sturt, his life and journeys of exploration, Melbourne 1951, 195 p. - Embacher, F., Lexik. Reisen 282. 1882. - Evans, H.E. & M.A., Australia, a natural history 181-182. 1983. - Farwell, G., Riders to an unknown sea. The story of Charles Sturt: explorer, New York 1963, 175 p. - Ferguson, J.A., Bibl. Austral. 2: nos. 1703, 1853, 2604. 1945, 4: nos. 5005, 5202. 1955, 7: no. 16394. 1969. - Gibbney, H.J., *in* Austral. dict. biogr. 2: 495-498. 1967. - Joy, W., The explorers, Sydney 1964 (repr. 1971), p. 79-85. - Kennedy, D., Captain Charles Sturt, Melbourne 1958, 32 p. - Langley, M., History today 17(10): 735-742. 1967; Sturt of the Murray, father of Australian exploration, London 1969, 272 p. - Maiden, J.H., Australas. Ass. Adv. Sci. Rep. 11: 167-168. 1909. - Murchison, R.I., J.R. Geogr. Soc. 40: cxxxiii-cxxxvii. 1870 (obit.). - Palmer, V., National portraits 52-63. Melbourne 1948. - Pennington, J., The great explorers, New York 1979, p. 264-267. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 3: 1313. 1898. - Robert, W.C.H., Contr. bibl. Australia 1: 185. 1969, 3: 295. 1970, 4: 323-325. 1972. - Serle, P., ed., Dict. Austral. biogr. 2: 384-388. 1949. - Sturt, Mrs. N.G., Life of Charles Sturt, London 1899, 395 p. #### Eponymy *Sturtia* R. Brown (1849). *Note*: *Sturtiella* R. Simonsen et H.J. Schrader (1973) commemorates Gerald Sturt, a writer on fossil diatoms. ### Publications ##### n.13.339. Two expeditions into the interior of Southern Australia **Title** *Two expeditions into the interior of Southern Australia*, during the years 1828, 1829, 1830, and 1831: with observations on the soil, climate, and general resources of the colony of New South Wales... London (Smith, Elder and Co.,...) 1833. 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Two exped. S. Australia*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1833. – *Copy*: HH. – General account; few botanical notes. *1*: 1833 (p. iv: Jun 1833), frontisp., p. \[i\]-lxxx, map, \[1\]-219, *4 pl*. *2*: 1833, p. \[i\*\], frontisp., \[i\]-v, \[vi\], \[1\]-271, *7 pl*. *Ed. 2*: 1834. London (id.). Oct. *Copy*: PH. *1*: 1834, p. \[i\*\], frontisp., \[i\]-lxxx, map, \[1\]-219, *5 pl*. *2*: 1834, p. \[i\*\], frontisp., \[i\]-v, \[vi\], \[1\]-256, 4 pl. *pl. 1-3.* ##### n.13.340. Narrative of an expedition into Central Australia **Title** *Narrative of an expedition into Central Australia*, performed under the authority of Her Majesty's Government, during the years 1844, 5 and 6. Together with a notice of the Province of South Australia in 1847... London (T. and W. Boone,...) 1849, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Narr. Exped. C. Australia*. **Notes** *1*: 1849, frontisp., p. \[i\]-x, map, \[i\]-iv, \[5\]-416, *8 pl*, 2 loose maps. *2*: 1849, frontisp., p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-308, Appendix 1-92. *8 pl*. *Copies*: H-UB, NSUB, PH. – Botanical Appendix by Robert Brown in 2(App.): 66-92. 1849; for an independently paged preprint or reprint, Jan-Feb 1849, see TL-2/837 (p. \[1\]-29, *copy*: G). Both volumes are mentioned, without details on pagination etc., by Hinrichs 15 Dec 1848. *Facsimile ed*.: 1964, Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, Australiana facsimile editions no. 5. As original plus new t.p.'s and colo. *Copies*: L-UB, Univ. Illinois, US. *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 7: 726-727. 1849 (critical note on Bot. App.).